1962 NBA All-Star Game
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GAME 12: at St. Louis, Jan. 16, 1962

MVP: Bob Pettit
Bob Pettit
Robert Lee "Bob" Pettit Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player. He played 11 seasons in the NBA, all with the Milwaukee/St. Louis Hawks . He was the first recipient of the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970...



Coaches: East: Red Auerbach
Red Auerbach
Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach was an American basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Boston Celtics. After he retired from coaching, he served as president and front office executive of the Celtics until his death...

, West: Fred Schaus
Fred Schaus
Frederick Appleton Schaus was an American basketball player, head coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the NBA's Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks, general manager and head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, head coach of Purdue University...

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Western Conference

{| cellpadding=5
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|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
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|| Elgin Baylor
Elgin Baylor
Elgin Gay Baylor is a retired Hall of Fame American basketball player and former NBA general manager who played 13 seasons as a forward for the NBA's Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers....

, LAL || 37 || 10 || 23 || 12 || 14 || 9 || 4 || 2 || 32
|-
|| Oscar Robertson
Oscar Robertson
Oscar Palmer Robertson , nicknamed "The Big O", is a former American NBA player with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks...

, CIN || 37 || 9 || 20 || 8 || 14 || 7 || 13 || 3 || 26
|-
|| Bob Pettit
Bob Pettit
Robert Lee "Bob" Pettit Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player. He played 11 seasons in the NBA, all with the Milwaukee/St. Louis Hawks . He was the first recipient of the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970...

, STL || 37 || 10 || 20 || 5 || 5 || 27 || 2 || 5 || 25
|-
|| Jerry West
Jerry West
Jerry Alan West is a retired American basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . His nicknames include "Mr...

, LAL || 31 || 7 || 14 || 4 || 6 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 18
|-
|| Walt Bellamy, CHP || 29 || 10 || 18 || 3 || 8 || 17 || 1 || 6 || 23
|-
|| Gene Shue
Gene Shue
Eugene William "Gene" Shue is a retired American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association . During his playing days he was a 6'2" 170 lb guard....

, DET || 17 || 3 || 6 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 4 || 3 || 7
|-
|| Wayne Embry
Wayne Embry
Wayne Richard Embry is a retired American basketball player; a center/forward whose 11-year career spanned from 1959 to 1969...

, CIN || 16 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 4 || 4
|-
|| Frank Selvy, LAL || 11 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 0
|-
|| Cliff Hagan
Cliff Hagan
Clifford Oldham Hagan is an American former professional basketball player. A 6-4 forward who excelled with the hook shot, Hagan, nicknamed "Li'l Abner," played his entire 10-year NBA career with the St. Louis Hawks...

, STL || 9 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
|| Jack Twyman
Jack Twyman
John Kennedy "Jack" Twyman is an American former professional basketball player and sports broadcaster.-Playing career:...

, CIN || 8 || 4 || 6 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 11
|-
|| Bailey Howell
Bailey Howell
Bailey E. Howell is a former professional basketball player now enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. A 6'7" forward from Mississippi State University, he played 12 seasons in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets, Boston Celtics, and Philadelphia...

, DET || 8 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
|| Rudy LaRusso
Rudy LaRusso
Rudolph "Rudy" A. LaRusso was an American 6' 7" five-time National Basketball Association All-Star.-Early life:He attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn...

, LAL (injured)
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 57 || 121 || 36 || 51 || 79 || 31 || 28 || 150
|-
|}

Eastern Conference

{| cellpadding=5
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|Player, Team|| MIN||FGM||FGA||FTM||FTA||REB||AST||PF||PTS
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|-
|| Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain was an American professional NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; he also played for the Harlem Globetrotters prior to playing in the NBA...

, PHW || 37 || 17 || 23 || 8 || 16 || 24 || 1 || 4 || 42
|-
|| Bob Cousy
Bob Cousy
Robert Joseph "Bob" Cousy is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'1" , 175-pound Cousy played point guard with the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics from 1951 to 1963 and briefly with the Cincinnati Royals in the 1969–70 season...

, BOS || 31 || 4 || 13 || 3 || 4 || 6 || 8 || 2 || 11
|-
|| Richie Guerin
Richie Guerin
Richard Vincent "Richie" Guerin is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. The 6'4" Guerin played with the National Basketball Association's New York Knicks from 1956 to 1963 and was a player-coach of the St...

, NYK || 27 || 10 || 17 || 3 || 6 || 3 || 1 || 6 || 23
|-
|| Bill Russell
Bill Russell
William Felton "Bill" Russell is a retired American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association...

, BOS || 27 || 5 || 12 || 2 || 3 || 12 || 2 || 2 || 12
|-
|| Hal Greer
Hal Greer
Harold Everett Greer is a retired American professional basketball player.He attended Douglass Junior and Senior High School in Huntington. He played college basketball at Marshall University and was drafted by the Syracuse Nationals of the NBA in 1958...

, SYR || 24 || 3 || 14 || 2 || 7 || 10 || 9 || 3 || 8
|-
|| Willie Naulls
Willie Naulls
William Dean "Willie" Naulls is a retired American basketball player. A 6'6" power forward/center, he played professionally in the National Basketball Association from 1956 to 1966....

, NYK || 21 || 5 || 16 || 1 || 1 || 7 || 0 || 5 || 11
|-
|| Johnny Green
Johnny Green (basketball)
John M. Green is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'5" power forward/center from Michigan State University, Green spent 14 seasons in the NBA, playing for the New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets, San Diego Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Cincinnati Royals, and Kansas City-Omaha Kings...

, NYK || 21 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 7
|-
|| Paul Arizin, PHW || 21 || 2 || 12 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 4 || 4
|-
|| Sam Jones
Sam Jones (basketball)
Samuel Jones is a retired American professional basketball player at shooting guard and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was known for his quickness and game-winning shots, especially during the NBA Playoffs...

, BOS || 14 || 1 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
|-
|| Tom Heinsohn, BOS || 13 || 4 || 11 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 10
|-
|| Dolph Schayes
Dolph Schayes
Adolph "Dolph" Schayes is a retired American professional basketball player and coach in the NBA. A top scorer and rebounder, he was a member of the 1955 NBA champion Syracuse Nationals and a 12-time All-Star....

, SYR || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0
|-
|| Tom Gola
Tom Gola
Thomas Joseph Gola is a retired American basketball player.-Early Life:Gola was praised as a great all-around player as a high school student at La Salle College High School, where he led the Explorers to a Philadelphia Catholic League Championship...

, PHW (injured)
|-
|| Larry Costello
Larry Costello
Lawrence Ronald "Larry" Costello was an American professional basketball player and coach....

, SYR (injured)
|-
|| Totals || 240 || 53 || 130 || 24 || 43 || 70 || 22 || 35 || 130
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|}

Score by Periods

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|Score by Periods:|| 1||2||3||4||Final
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|| West || 35 || 29 || 41 || 45 || 150
|-
|| East || 32 || 28 || 34 || 36 || 130
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|}
  • Halftime— West, 64-60
  • Third Quarter— West, 105-94
  • Officials: Sid Borgia
    Sid Borgia
    Sid Borgia was a professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association from 1946 to 1964 and later was the league's supervisor of officials from 1964 to 1966. Borgia also served as chief of officials in the American Basketball Association.Borgia was considered one of the best...

     and Willie Smith
  • Attendance: 15,112.
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